Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in south-central Washington; Washington to California.

Habitat: Stream banks and gravel bars, pond margins, meadows, and roadsides.

Flowers: May-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies

Rhizomatous perennial, with short, blunt hairs throughout, the freely-branched stems decumbent to erect, 1-4 dm. tall.

Leaves alternate, 3-7 cm. long, pinnatifid to lyrate pinnatifid, the lower ones petiolate, the upper sessile and auriculate, the segments ovate to oblong, often toothed.

Inflorescence of bractless racemes; pedicles spreading to ascending, 4-8 mm. long; sepals 4, persisting after flowering; petals 4, light yellow, 4 mm. long; stamens 6; style 1-2 mm. long, stigma entire.

Siliques oblong, 4-7 mm. long and 2-2.5 mm. broad, ascending to erect, somewhat curved, soft-pubescent; seeds in 2 series.